Speaking Card 9: My Day
zz How do you start your day during go shopping and make something for dinner, like
the week? a salad or fried cheese. Because I have a younger
I get up early / at 6:00 am. My mum / dad has to brother / sister, I have to babysit him / her until
wake me up. I don’t get up till later because… my parents get back from work. Every week
my school starts at 9:00 am. / I live close to each of us does something around the house
my school. First I go to the bathroom… I take like… vacuum cleaning / washing the dishes
a quick / long shower / wash my hair / wash my / washing up / dusting / watering the plants.
face / comb my hair. I get dressed / I put on my I don’t clean my room. This makes my parents
clothes. Then I make something for breakfast. crazy. From time to time my mum comes in and
I eat… cereal / boiled eggs and drink… orange does a big cleaning.
juice / tea / coffee. I don’t eat breakfast in
zz When do you go to bed?
the morning; it makes me sick. I brush my teeth /
put on my make-up and rush to school. Before Every day is different. / It depends.
I go to school, I… have to walk my dog / take my During the week I go to bed around 11:00 pm /
dog for a walk / feed my pets / take my brother / before midnight. If I have exams / tests, I study
sister to kindergarten. late. During the weekend, we go out to the
disco / parties / I stay up late with my friends,
zz What do you do at school? so I don’t get to bed till 1:00 am. I set an alarm /
Classes start at 7:30 am / 8:00 am. I get to / arrive text my friends and I fall asleep with my
at school 15 minutes before the bell rings. First headphones on.
I go to my locker, put my coat / jacket away and
zz What are your weekends like?
change my shoes. I go to my classroom… chat
with my friends / do my homework / review My weekends are… relaxing / slow. I usually
before tests / an exam. During the breaks I eat sleep in and then I have a big breakfast with my
a sandwich / have a snack / play games on my family / I have breakfast on my own when I wake
phone. At lunchtime I go to the school canteen / up. In the afternoon we go… to the cinema /
cafeteria… I buy some food from a shop / shopping. In spring / summer we go to my
the school vending machine. School usually family’s cottage / we work in the garden and
finishes at 2:00 pm, except on Thursdays when go on trips. We go swimming in the lake /
we finish late / at 4:00 pm. a pond / a swimming pool. In winter we travel to
the mountains and go cross-country / downhill
zz What do you do after school? skiing / or we go skating.
After school I go with my schoolmates to
zz What is a typical day for your parents?
the shopping centre for ice-cream and to
look in / browse the shops. I play football / My parents are both very busy. They are
floorball competitively, so I have to go to practice managers in big companies / they have their
straight after school. I have a part-time job in own business / shop / work in an office. My father
the afternoon. I work in a fast-food restaurant / works for a Czech company and travels on
distribute leaflets in our district. Most of my business / goes on many business trips. My
afternoons are free, so I… just hang out / spend mother is… on maternity leave / a housewife
time with my friends / ride a bike in the park / and… looks after / takes care of my brother /
go to a skatepark / watch movies. In the winter sister / prepares meals for us / drives us to
I… go to the library / check out new magazines / football / hockey / floorball training and after-
go home and play PC games / watch TV / surf school clubs. In the evening my dad watches
the net / spend time on Facebook. TV. He comes home late after dinner / during
the weekends, he grills some meat for us and
zz Do you do any housework? meets friends in a pub. Mum takes English classes
I tidy up my room / take out the garbage (AmE) twice a week or she goes to the yoga centre from
/ rubbish (BrE). Sometimes I have to… time to time.
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